AJL Oberg "Gypsy Fire" - Favino model; Gaffiero; experience?

Joli Gadjo · November 2012

It should cost about 25% of that price by usps. Not to mention that ebay sellers often offer free shipping, even to foreign countries.

Passacaglia · November 2012

That's more in line with what I expected, JG. 100% item cost to ship, that's crazy.

Joli Gadjo · November 2012

Doing a quick search on usps:
20 x 20 x 20 box of 45lbs costs ~$125.
As for customs, if the item is yours you probably won't have any to pay... unless you buy it without taxes.

rob.cuellari · November 2012

i have a guitar made by gaffiero that i bought about a year and a half ago. when i brought it with me to django in june it was well received by a lot of the other players.

i can post some pictures/upload a video or two of how it sounds. PM me.

Passacaglia · November 2012

rob.cuellari wrote:

i have a guitar made by gaffiero that i bought about a year and a half ago. when i brought it with me to django in june it was well received by a lot of the other players.

i can post some pictures/upload a video or two of how it sounds. PM me.

PM sent, thanks Rob!

Joli Gadjo wrote:

Doing a quick search on usps:
20 x 20 x 20 box of 45lbs costs ~$125.
As for customs, if the item is yours you probably won't have any to pay... unless you buy it without taxes.

Thanks, JG.

Paul

Michael Bauer · November 2012

Rob--

Was that the Favino copy? Cyril brought that guitar to my room one afternoon for me to try, and I really liked it.

Michael

rob.cuellari · November 2012

hey mike. the guitar i had brought with me was the guitar cyril had made a year before. any guitar that cyril personally brought to you was one of the 2 models he brought with him from europe specifically for django in june.

mine was the white colored d-hole.

soundboard: european spruce
back and sides: laminated indian rosewood
neck: american black walnut
fingerboard: ebony
bridge and moustaches: indian rosewood

Michael Bauer · November 2012

Maybe that was it. Cyril brought one to me that he said belonged to someone else, I thought I understood that someone was from New York, but I'm not sure. I may be misremembering if it was the Favino copy or not. By that point in the week, I was operating on about 40-50 brain cells, and my blood consisted of a rare blend of single malts. I know I played a Favino copy, but I remember that the one I liked best was not one of the two he brought, but rather that privately owned one.